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Item Open Access Marketing Library and Information Resources and Services Using Social Media Tools Like Facebook Whatsapp and Twitter(Department Of Library And Information Science, Faculty Of Education, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2018-11-08) Agor, Cornelius T.; Ajav, Gabriel I.The paper discuses marketing library and information resources services using social media like facebook, WhatsApp and twitter. The concepts of marketing, information resources and services and social media were discussed. The paper also discusses marketing of the library and information resources and communicated and its essentials. The importance was highlighted. The paper concluded that, for library and information resources and services to be effectively market, the social media must be utilized and recommended among others that, based to the wider coverage of the social media in the information dissemination, it should be frequently use in marketing library and information resources and services.Item Open Access Marketing Library and Information Resources and Services Using Social Media Tools Like Facebook Whatsapp and Twitter(Department Of Library And Information Science, Faculty Of Education, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2019-06-01) Agor, Cornelius T.; Ajav, Gabriel I.The paper discuses marketing library and information resources and services using social media like facebook, WhatsApp and twitter. The concepts of marketing, information resources and services and social media were discussed. The paper also discusses marketing of library and information resources and services and its essentials. The importance was highlighted. The paper concluded that, for library and information resources and services to be effectively market, social media must be utilized. It recommends among others that, based on the wider coverage of the social media in the information dissemination, it should be frequently use in marketing library and information resources and services.Item Open Access Theft and Mutilation of Information Resources in Nasarawa State University Library, Keffi.(Department Of Library And Information Science, Faculty Of Education, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2018-10-03) Ajav, Gabriel I.; Agor, Cornelius T.; Akorchur, Simon A.The study focused on theft and mutilation of information resources in Nasarawa State University library Keffi, to determine among others the information resources that are prone to theft and mutilation and the challenges in combating the menace. The survey research design was employed. The population of the study comprised of fifty-seven library staff of the university who formed the respondents. The researchers used questionnaire and observation as the instruments for data collection. The collated data were analysed using frequency counts and percentage. The findings from the data revealed that: Nasarawa State university library collections comprise of both print and non-print resources and are prone to theft and mutilation; hiding of materials for future use, folding, painting and removing of portions in some material as well as overdue and sneaking away with the information material were some of the mode of theft and mutilation in the library. The findings further revealed that restricted lending services, searching users at exit, proper netting of windows and photocopying services constituted security measures employed in the studied library. However, lack of lending services to students, inadequate functional modem security gadgets and inadequacy of staff on duty are some of the issues challenging the security services in the library. The researchers recommend among others the implementation of lending services to student users and provision of adequate functional e-security gadgets to combat the menace in university libraries in general and Nasarawa State university library in particular.Item Open Access Theft and Mutilation of Information Resources in Nasarawa State University Library, Keffl.(Library and Information Science Department, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, 2018-10-01) Ajav, Gabriel I.; Agor, Cornelius T.; Akorchur, Simon A.The study focused on theft and mutilation of information resources in Nasarawa State University library Keffi, to determine among others the information resources that are prone to theft and mutilation and the challenges in combating the menace. The survey research design was employed. The population of the study comprised of fifty-seven library staff of the university who formed the respondents. The researchers used questionnaire and observation as the instruments for data collection. The collated data were analysed using frequency counts and percentage. The findings from the data revealed that: Nasarawa State university library collections comprise of both print and non-print resources and are prone to theft and mutilation; hiding of materials for future use, folding, painting and removing of portions in some material as well as overdue and sneaking away with the information material were some of the mode of theft and mutilation in the library. The findings further revealed that restricted lending services, searching users at exit, proper netting of windows and photocopying services constituted security measures employed in the studied library. However, lack of lending services to students, inadequate functional modern security gadgets and inadequacy of staff on duty are some of the issues challenging the security services in the library. The researchers recommend among others the implementation of lending services to student users and provision of adequate functional e-security gadgets to combat the menace in university libraries in general and Nasarawa State university library in particular.